Amid the chaos of Italy’s election night, with projections contradicting exit polls and partial results confounding projections, three facts stood out
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Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement becomes Italy’s election success story
Like Berlusconi in 1994, Grillo has succeeded by exploiting the most relevant medium of the day
Italy election neck-and-neck between Berlusconi’s right and Bersani’s left
Earliest projections show Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition just ahead in Senate, contradicting exit polls
Italian election live
3.53pm: reaction to exit polls
Italy election exit polls point to win for Bersani’s centre-left coalition
First reports indicate strong support for alliance led by Pier Luigi Bersani’s Democratic party and bloody nose for Mario Monti
Pope considering response to alleged ‘inappropriate acts’ by UK cardinal
Vatican confirms priests’ written allegations against Cardinal Keith O’Brien have been received and issue is in pontiff’s hands
Italy elections: an end to sleaze and cronyism?
Results circulating on internet show abrupt surge in support for Five Star Movement, which wants to reboot Italian politics
Vatican dismisses reports linking pope’s resignation to gay conclave discovery
Pope Benedict talks of ‘evil, suffering and corruption’ in the world in remarks to Vatican Curia as he prepares to vacate papacy
Charlemagne: Beppe Grillo, a rising star?
The tomfoolery that endlessly surrounds Berlusconi is being overshadowed by something even more attention-grabbing: the climatic rally of the campaign mounted by Beppe Grillo
Italian elections: why we should worry
Q&A on how the Italian elections this weekend could reignite the eurozone crisis and affect the world economy